Family

Chapter 5

"How did it go?" Wanda asked bouncing upwards from the sofa to land in front of Bucky "oooh you know" she gasped wide eyed "how do you know?" She demanded running after him as he side stepped her scowling. Slowly Barnes turned and faced her "oh so you don't know what I know, you think something else is going on!!! It's not that I promise! And of course I know. I know everything" she smirked answering his unspoken questions. Barnes moved around her again to make his escape, Wanda laughing as loudly and heartedly as Ophelia had.

Going for a run at sunrise had been Barton's idea but he hadn't shown up so Barnes had gone on his own and as he ran into the clearing he knew Barton had set him up. In the middle of the clearing was Ophelia sitting in a yoga pose her eyes closed. A small familiar spaniel beside her. The dog just looked at him as he quietly watched her for a moment. There was something undeniably attractive about her. Slowly he walked up to her and smiled as he realised she was softly snoring. Very quietly he knelt in front of her watching her face and drinking in her features. Rubbing a hand across the dogs head he picked her jacket off of the grass and draped it over her shoulders before running on. Twenty minutes later when he passed the same spot she was still there, awake and doing something different. As she was now awake he made slightly more noise and let her see him walk towards her.
"What?" He motioned.
"Tai Chi" she explained still moving as she spoke. "I find it calms me enough to go to work and not kill anyone I'm not meant to. I often come up here because it's quiet. Want to give it a try?" Barnes stood next to her and began to follow her gentle graceful  movements. There was something about Robert's that made him feel strangely calm. The spaniel looked up at him and groaned.

Barnes stood silently his jaw ticking as Romanoff and Barton were knelt in front of the doorway by the terrorists guns at their temples. How the rescue attempt had gone so wrong he had no idea but instead of rescuing the kidnapped children the rescue mission had resulted in dead agents and now more hostages had been taken including two Avengers.
"Stall them" Fury had ordered and Bucky Barnes stood there calmly listening to their demands. "Sniper are you ready?" Furys voice asked calmly over the Comms system and a double click on line confirmed their status. "Take the shot" Barnes watched as the two men were both stopped within a split second.
"Hostiles down" A familiar voice announced.
"Shit" Barnes commented seeing a red light on his chest he heard the sniper breath catch and her gun spit again.

"So where did Fury find you?" Stark asked curiously as he watched the sniper placing her rifle carefully in the boot of the company car.
"He saw me win a Olympic medal." She told him truthfully looking him squarely in the eye. He knew she wasn't being completely honest but he didn't really care and left. Barnes decided it was time to thank her.
"Can I buy you a beer?" He asked looking over Ophelia and she shrugged.
"I don't know can you? I mean are you sure you don't want to ask my boss's permission?" Ophelia breath caught as Barnes took hold of her arm, absently rubbing it where he had broken it, before dragging her around the car his jaw twitching as he smirked at her. "No. Because he might stop me doing this." As he lent in to kiss her, as their lips were about to meet, Ophelia leaned towards him and Fury coughed lightly before beckoning her away.

"So do I need to have words with him?" Fury demanded as Ophelia climbed into the car beside his, smiling slightly she shook her head and looked at her steering wheel. Fury rolled his eyes and prepared to drive. "Take a couple of days when your reports are written then head up to the house." Fury new she was avoiding looking at him. "Spend some time at home Opi." Ophelia watched him leave and drove in the opposite direction choosing to go to her own home instead of her parents. She needed to pick MrC up from doggy day care in the way. Just after she had popped the dog in front of her passenger seat she noticed the same dark blue car she had seen leaving the crime scene. Just making sure she went the long way before pulling into the pet stores car park and grabbing MrC she hid among the dog aisles whilst waiting for assistance. Twenty minutes later he phone pinged and she left through a side entrance MrC hiding in a rucksack as she jogged to Nicos car and they left leaving a STRIKE team to capture her tail and bring her car back to their base.